Continuous/discontinuous finite element modelling of Kirchhoff plate structures in R^3 using tangential differential calculus

DOI10.1007/S00466-017-1431-2zbMATH Open1386.74087arXiv1702.03662OpenAlexW2615546626WikidataQ59612295 ScholiaQ59612295MaRDI QIDQ1697154FDOQ1697154

Authors: Peter Hansbo, Mats G. Larson 

Publication date: 15 February 2018

Published in: Computational Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We employ surface differential calculus to derive models for Kirchhoff plates including in-plane membrane deformations. We also extend our formulation to structures of plates. For solving the resulting set of partial differential equations, we employ a finite element method based on elements that are continuous for the displacements and discontinuous for the rotations, using $C^0$-elements for the discretisation of the plate as well as for the membrane deformations. Key to the formulation of the method is a convenient definition of jumps and averages of forms that are $d$-linear in terms of the element edge normals.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.03662

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zbMATH Keywords

Kirchhoff plateplate structuretangential differential calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Plates (74K20) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05)

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